Holy Trinity Church, Crockham Hill

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Holy Trinity Church
Holy Trinity Church, Crockham Hill
51°14′15″N0°04′03″E / 51.2374°N 0.0675°E / 51.2374; 0.0675 Coordinates: 51°14′15″N0°04′03″E / 51.2374°N 0.0675°E / 51.2374; 0.0675
Location Crockham Hill
CountryEngland
Denomination Anglican
History
Status parish church
Founder(s)Charles Warde
Dedication Trinity
Consecrated 1842
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II
Designated10 September 1954
Completed1842
Specifications
Materials Stone
Administration
Parish Crockham Hill
Deanery Tonbridge
Diocese Rochester
Province Canterbury

Holy Trinity Church is a Church of England parish church based in Crockham Hill, Kent, England. It was constructed in 1842 and is a Grade II listed building. [1]

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History

The idea for the construction of Holy Trinity Church came from Charles Warde from Westerham, who noticed there was no Church of England place of worship in Crockham Hill. Warde funded the construction of the church in 1842 with assistance from an endowment granted by his sister E Mildmay. [1] Warde became patron of the church, establishing a tradition that a member of the Warde family would be a patron of the church – a tradition that currently continues. [2] The church was granted Grade II listed building status in 1954 for its Victorian-medieval style architecture and original fittings. [1] In 2019, the church was subject to a burglary and the original Victorian lectern was stolen. [3]

The church's association with the social reformer Octavia Hill also provided a reason for its Grade II listed status. [1] Hill lived in Crockham Hill and worshipped at the church. She was responsible for the purchase of the land surrounding the church for the National Trust. [4] Hill is buried in Holy Trinity's churchyard under a yew tree; there is a memorial sarcophagus inside the church. [5]

Ecclesiastic use

After initial construction, the church was a part of the parish of Westerham St Mary's [6] until 1845 when it became its own parish. [2] In 1981, the Church of England decided that Holy Trinity Church's parish should be merged with that of nearby St Peter and St Paul's, Edenbridge, with an associate vicar taking services at Crockham Hill and the Warde patronage suspended. The decision was not popular locally due to the historical associations with Westerham being ignored, and the Bishop of Rochester appointed the future Archdeacon of Tonbridge Richard Mason as the priest-in-charge to smooth over relations. [2] This situation continued until 2014, when Holy Trinity Church became its own independent parish again with the induction of a new vicar translated from St Mark's Church, Royal Tunbridge Wells. [2]

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